# Feature request: Keep filenames for uploads

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-keep-filenames-for-uploads/35789>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [11월 19, 2015, 11:14오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-keep-filenames-for-uploads/35789 "2015-11-19T11:14:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![omfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5e9695/32.png) [@omfg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omfg)\
**Post date:** [11월 19, 2015, 2:29오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-keep-filenames-for-uploads/35789/3 "2015-11-19T14:29:15Z")

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> [@sebastianh](#):
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> Idea: Why not keep the original filenames?

Scenario A:

- You upload your favicon.ico
- I upload my favicon.ico

It’s cheaper and less complicated to upload my file under a random name than delete and overwrite yours.

Or, you upload a file that has a name that’s identical to whatever file is already on the server.  
Sooner or later it’d start getting confusing.

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